On British Islam

Author : John R. Bowen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691158541
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On British Islam written by John R. Bowen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On British Islam examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on shariʿa councils. These councils concern themselves with religious matters, especially divorce. They have a higher profile in Britain than in other Western nations. Why? Taking a historical and ethnographic look at British Islam, John Bowen examines how Muslims have created distinctive religious institutions in Britain and how shariʿa councils interpret and apply Islamic law in a secular British context. Bowen focuses on three specific shariʿa councils: the oldest and most developed, in London; a Midlands community led by a Sufi saint and barrister; and a Birmingham-based council in which women play a leading role. Bowen shows that each of these councils represents a prolonged, unique experiment in meeting Muslims' needs in a Western country. He also discusses how the councils have become a flash point in British public debates even as they adapt to the English legal environment. On British Islam highlights British Muslims' efforts to create institutions that make sense in both Islamic and British terms. This balancing act is rarely acknowledged in Britain—or elsewhere—but it is urgent that we understand it if we are to build new ways of living together.

Author : Sara Khan
Publisher : Saqi Books
ISBN 13 : 0863561640
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for British Islam written by Sara Khan and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important book from a tireless campaigner' Mishal Husain 'Sara Khan is a fearless and principled voice in the struggle for the soul of Islam. Everyone who cares about combatting prejudice should read her, befriend her and fight alongside her.' Nick Cohen Across Britain, Muslims are caught up in a battle over the very nature of their faith. And extremists appear to be gaining the upper hand. Sara Khan has spent the past decade campaigning for tolerance and equal rights within Muslim communities, and is now engaged in a new struggle for justice and understanding – the urgent need to counter Islamist-inspired extremism. In this timely and courageous book, Khan shows how previously antagonistic groups of fundamentalist Muslims have joined forces, creating pressures that British society has never before encountered. What is more, identity politi and the attitudes of both the far Right and ultra-Left have combined to give the Islamists ever-increasing power to spread their message. Unafraid to tackle some of the pressing issues of our time, Sara Khan addresses the question of how to break the cycle of extremism without alienating British Muslims. She calls for all Britons to reject divisive ideologies and introduces us to those individuals who are striving to build a safer future.

Author : Nabil I. Matar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521622336
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam in Britain, 1558-1685 written by Nabil I. Matar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the impact of Islam on Britain from the accession of Elizabeth to the death of Charles II.

Author : Patrick S. Nash
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108638953
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Islam and English Law written by Patrick S. Nash and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Islam and English Law presents a novel argument about the nature and place of groups in society. The encounter with Islam has led English law to tread a line between two theoretical models, liberal individualism and multiculturalism, competing for dominance over the law of organised religion. This philosophical rivalry has generated a set of seemingly intractable conflicts between individual and community, religion and state, nation and culture. This book resurrects the long-buried theory of classical pluralism to address and resolve these tensions. Applying this to five understudied institutions that give structure and form to British Islam – banks, charities, schools, elections, clans – it outlines and justifies the reforms that would optimise the relationship between law and religion. Unflinching and unorthodox, this book places law and theory in context, employs innovative methods such as nudge theory and applied history, and provides detailed answers to hard questions about British Islam.

Author : Martin Pugh
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300249292
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain and Islam written by Martin Pugh and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening history of Britain and the Islamic world—a thousand-year relationship that is closer, deeper, and more mutually beneficial than is often recognized In this broad yet sympathetic survey—ranging from the Crusades to the modern day—Martin Pugh explores the social, political, and cultural encounters between Britain and Islam. He looks, for instance, at how reactions against the Crusades led to Anglo-Muslim collaboration under the Tudors, at how Britain posed as defender of Islam in the Victorian period, and at her role in rearranging the Muslim world after 1918. Pugh argues that, contrary to current assumptions, Islamic groups have often embraced Western ideas, including modernization and liberal democracy. He shows how the difficulties and Islamophobia that Muslims have experienced in Britain since the 1970s are largely caused by an acute crisis in British national identity. In truth, Muslims have become increasingly key participants in mainstream British society—in culture, sport, politics, and the economy.

Author : Innes Bowen
Publisher : Hurst
ISBN 13 : 1849045305
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent written by Innes Bowen and published by Hurst. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muslim intellectuals may try to define something called British Islam, but the truth is that as the Muslim community of Britain has grown in size and religiosity, so too has the opportunity to found and run mosques which divide along ethnic and sectarian lines. Just as most churches in Britain are affiliated to one of the main Christian denominations, the vast majority of Britain's 1600 mosques are linked to wider sectarian networks: the Deobandi and Tablighi Jamaat movements with their origins in colonial India; the Salafi groups inspired by an austere form of Islam widely practiced in Saudi Arabia; the Islamist movements with links to religious political parties in the Middle East and South Asia; the Sufi movements that tend to emphasise spirituality rather than religious and political militancy; and the diverse Shi'ite sects which range from the orthodox disciples of Grand Ayatollah Sistani in Iraq to the Ismaili followers of the pragmatic and modernising Aga Khan. These affiliations are usually not apparent to outsiders, but inside Britain's Muslim communities sectarian divides are often fiercely guarded by religious leaders. This book, of which no equivalent volume yet exists, is a definitive guide to the ideological differences, organisational structures and international links of the main Islamic groups active in Britain today.

Author : Peter E. Hopkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Muslims in Britain written by Peter E. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new exploration of the construction and contestation of Muslim identities, places and landscapes in Britain.

Author : Sophie Gilliat-Ray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052153688X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Muslims in Britain written by Sophie Gilliat-Ray and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon sociology, history, anthropology, and politics, this book provides an informed understanding of the daily lives of British Muslims.

Author : Mark Curtis
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
ISBN 13 : 1782834338
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Affairs written by Mark Curtis and published by Serpent's Tail. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition of Secret Affairs covers the momentous events of the past year in the Middle East and at home in the UK. It reveals the unreported attempts by Britain to cultivate relations with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak, the military intervention on the side of Libyan rebel forces which include pro-al-Qaeda elements, and the ongoing reliance on the region's ultimate fundamentalist state, Saudi Arabia, to safeguard its interest in the Middle East. It illuminates path of Salman Abedi, the bomber who attacked Manchester in May 2017, and his terror network: how he fought in Libya in 2011 as part of a group of fighters which the UK allowed to leave the country to go and battle against Gadafi to topple him. In this ground-breaking book, Mark Curtis reveals the covert history of British collusion with radical Islamic and terrorist groups. Secret Affairs shows how governments since the 1940s have connived with militant forces to control oil resources and overthrow governments. The story of how Britain has helped nurture the rise of global terrorism has never been told.

Author : Melanie Phillips
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 159403365X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Londonistan written by Melanie Phillips and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2007-06-25 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers. Under the noses of British intelligence, London has become the European hub for the promotion, recruitment and financing of Islamic terror and extremism - so much so that it has been mockingly dubbed Londonistan. In this ground-breaking book Melanie Phillips pieces together the story of how Londonistan developed as a result of the collapse of traditional English identity and accommodation of a particularly virulent form of multiculturalism. Londonistan has become a country within the country and not only threatens Britain but its special relationship with the U.S. as well.